Re: [LAU] [LAA] Xth Sense: instrument, code, schematic, tutorial On-line now

2012/9/16 Marco Donnarumma <m@email-addr-hidden>:
> (sorry for x-post)
>
> Dears,
> I wished so much I could have joined you at Stanford this year... :(
> but....!
>
> The Xth Sense (software and hardware) is finally available on-line, get
> binaries, DIY documentation, and tutorials at:
> http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/
>
> The digital interface is developed in Pd on a Linux machine; there's a main
> software for the computation of incoming muscle sound (and virtually any
> sound input), and the xth-sense-lib, a collection of 120 objects (and help
> files) ranging from specific muscle sound methods, to everyday Pd patching
> needs. It also includes a lot of GUI stuff, to facilitate building things.
> Wanna the source? Here you go: https://github.com/marcodsad
>
> What is the Xth Sense?
> "is a biophysical musical instrument. You can build your own and produce
> music with it using the sound of your muscles.
> It is free and open source, and it was named the “world’s most innovative
> new musical instrument” by the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology (US,
> 2012). Its name is spelled ecsth sense (not tenth sense!). But it’s way
> easier to call XS."
>
> With the XS you can also control other software on your machine (video,
> audio, light systems, etc.), send Voltage output to hardware, or control a
> prosthetic arm.
> Hacks are encouraged by the design of the instrument itself. For some ideas
> see:
> http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/#get-started
>
> We have a (newly born) user's forum, courtesy of Create Digital
> Music/Motion; the forum lives at:
> http://createdigitalnoise.com/categories/xth
>
> We are on also on Facebook (imagine!):
> http://www.facebook.com/XthSense
>
> if anybody works with it, let me know!
> We have users and works in Australia, Sweden, US, UK, Ireland, Spain,
> Vietnam, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, and Italy, so far :)
>
> hope it is useful to some of you,
> cheers,
>
> --
> Marco Donnarumma
> New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.
> Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team.
> Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
> Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com
> Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
>
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Hi, Marco.

Do you have any video of this in action? Love to see any video stuff.

I'll see if at Musix we can make some package or at least put some
link in the documentation with the new release.

Thanks for sharing.

-- 
Carlos sanchiavedraz
* Musix GNU+Linux
  http://www.musix.es
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